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'''Time Travel''' is a blanket term that covers any modifications to, or abnormal behaviour within, the [[Timeline (Beta)|Timeline]]. Time travel can be initiated intentionally or by accident; accidental instances of time travel are referred to as '''Time Anomalies''', though the line between intentional and accidental time travel is often indistinct. Following the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-worlds_interpretation| Many-worlds interpretation], all events modified by time travel continue to exist unaltered in their original universe, implying that the Timeline may actually exist across multiple universes due to its frequent time travel. This theory also makes it difficult to distinguish time travel from dimensional travel; therefore all instances of changes to the flow of linear time are considered time travel.
=Instances of Time Travel=
===Grandmother Paradox===
The entity [[Ethan (Beta)|Ethan]] claims to be the grandchild of [[Mission Control Commander]] [[Tait (Beta)|Jamie Tait]]. While Tait vehemently denied this claim at first, it has since been accepted as fact.(3) Ethan recounts falling into the [[Slipstream (Beta)|Slipstream]] as a child, granting him his reality-altering abilities and transporting him an unknown amount of time into the past. This event presents a pair of possible scenarios: Ethan is the grandchild of a Tait from a parallel universe; or the exact sequence of events must occur to create Ethan and send him back in time, lest create a paradox.
===2018 Yellowstone Supervolcano Eruption===
([[Yellowstone (Beta)|Main Article]])
On February 24th, [[Silver Seas 2018 (Beta)|2018]] at 1015, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera| Yellowstone Supervolcano] erupted, immediately causing an estimated 90,000 deaths and plunging North America into a volcanic winter. The [[ESA (Beta)|European Space Agency]] took over communication on [[OCESS (Beta)|OCESS]]' behalf, due to OCESS' presumed destruction, and directed the crew to land in New South Wales, [[Australia (Beta)|Australia]]. The [[Admiral (Beta)|Admiral]], who survived the eruption, along with the majority of [[Mission Control (Beta)|Mission Control]] [[Ottawa (Beta)|Ottawa]], by hiding inside of [[Keplernicus (Beta)|Keplernicus]]. The Admiral then traveled in time to before the eruption and prevented it, thereby meaning that it had never happened to begin with. Those who were not killed in the eruption still have memories of the event, swearing to never reveal the information to the public.(1)
===2020 Moon Collision===
On February 22nd, [[Hindsight 2020 (Beta)|2020]], whilst returning from [[Mars (Beta)|Mars]], the crew collided with the [[Luna (Beta)|Moon]].(2) The exact reason for this collision is unknown, but the entire crew perished. The Admiral then returned to a time long enough before the crash that evasive maneuvers could be planned, communicated, and executed, saving the crew from their untimely death. Members of Mission Control who witnessed the collision still have memories of the event, swearing to never reveal the information to the public; the Hindsight crew were informed of the event upon landing, remaining an open investigation to the present day. This event is cited as the origin of [[Haughton (Beta)|Blakely Haughton]]'s callsign, 'Moonboy'.

==Sources==
*(1) [[Silver Seas 2018]] 10:15 AM 2/24/2018 Yellowstone disaster. Radio silence has begun, camera has been switched off. Computers names are being changed. 10:25 AM 2/24/2018 ESA makes contact with habitat. Disaster has commenced. Astros will load display software on one of their machines. They are directed to land in New South Wales.
*(2) [[Hindsight 2020]]
*(3) [[Psychedelia 2019]] 1:16 PM 2/19/2019 Ethan: 'you ARE my grandmother, she li-Jamie: first of all, no i'm not
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